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Fixed Layout eBook Formatting

Fixed layout formatting is the perfect choice for certain eBook authors. At EbookEnhancers, we are perfectly positioned to help you with your fixed layout formatting. Transform your manuscript into a quality-assured, professionally formatted eBook that offers a great reading experience.

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As the eBook format has become increasingly popular in recent years, authors now have the perfect opportunity to reach a broad and varied audience. But formatting an eBook takes time and skill and is something that should be left to professionals.

If you’re in the process of researching ways of publishing your eBook, you’ve probably already come across fixed-layout formatting. If you haven’t, it’s the preferred way of publishing an eBook that contains lots of graphics or various complex design features.

Authors opt for fixed layout formatting because it offers complete control over how content is displayed and allows them to produce an ebook with a compelling and unique design. As you can see, EbookEnhancers offers professional fixed-layout formatting services, and you can decide whether it’s the best option for your publication.

What is fixed layout formatting?

Fixed layout formatting is a way of formatting ePub or Mobi and is the digital equivalent of typesetting. For some authors, formatting text, spaces, and paragraphs aren’t enough, as their content is much richer and filled with many images, graphics, and other unique content.

Authors who have produced colorful and image-rich children’s books, cookbooks, travel guides, and technical publications often opt for fixed layout formatting, as it ensures readers can’t change the font, spaces, or margins of the text. Essentially, it ensures your content is perfectly displayed and nothing is missed off due to inadequate or inaccurate formatting.

What are the key features of fixed-layout formatting?

It’s important to note that there’s no right or wrong way to format your eBook professionally. Whether you opt for reflowable or fixed layout formatting will depend upon your content and preferences as an author.

Below, we’ve included some of the key features of fixed-layout formatting to help you decide if it’s the perfect formatting method for you:

• Total control: Fixed layout formatting provides authors with complete control over their published content. From images to tables and diagrams, you can ensure they’re perfectly presented to the reader and can’t be moved or changed.
• Easy searching: Readers can easily search for a particular piece of text, image, or graphic within your eBook thanks to fixed layout formatting.
• Zoom: If you opt for fixed-layout formatting, you allow your readers to zoom in on the content that you publish. This makes it easy to read or view your work without affecting the way it is formatted.
• Perfectly embedded images: Formatting your eBook in a fixed layout ensures your pictures are perfectly embedded and can include descriptive texts. This makes illustrations and charts much more accessible to your readers.
• Looks exactly like a print book: By selecting a fixed layout, the contents of the page slide off the edge of the screen; it’s exactly like reading a printed book.
• Retailers who support the Fixed Layout file format: This format is supported by the well-known e-Book stores like Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo, while these retailers excepting Kobo, have their own procedure developed uniquely to create fixed layout eBooks.

As you can see, there are many benefits to publishing your eBook in a fixed layout. We recommend you use fixed layout formatting if you have a graphic or image-rich publication, as this will ensure your readers see exactly what you want them to. It means you don’t have to compromise on the design and format of your eBook.

Why do you need to convert your book into a fixed-layout format?

If you write a book with a focus that lies more on the images and the appearance, you know that the standard eBook format or the flowable format won’t work for your book. You want to make sure that your book looks the same, regardless of which device that your readers are using.

You absolutely don’t want the images to be stretched out and appear out of place. You want all the images and the text to stay in place, just like printed books.

The fixed-layout eBook format is the right format for graphics-heavy or specifically formatted content. This format ensures that all the images, as well as the text, stay in place, leading to a great reading experience.

EBook Enhancers has focused on quality always and to ensure quality, it applies MANUAL processes instead of ‘automated’ processes that often fail to retain the originality of the contents. The service offered in providing your manuscripts in Fixed-Layout file format is carried out with manual efforts as well, out of any input file formats (like PDF, Word, Adobe Indesign, etc.), ensuring complete satisfaction for the client in terms of quality as well as rate, apart from providing timely delivery.

The Epub3 file format

Ebooks in this ‘Epub3’  file format could be read in a great number of e-Reader devices and could be included in the eBook stores of Apple iBook Store, Google store, Kobo as well as their partners.  However, Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK do not support this Epub3.

Epub3 devices such as iPhone, iPad, Google Nexus, Kobo Arc, and so on, that are best compatible, lets the readers view the eBook as single or two pages along with an active page turn option.  ePUB 3 files could be enlarged and viewed on the majority of the devices.

Mobi file format for Amazon Kindle

The Mobi(.mobi) file format works on many Amazon Kindle devices like Kindle Fire tablets and Kindle Paper White as well as the majority of the Kindle apps.  Mobi fixed-layout is much helping in those Kindle devices that are with a comparatively small screen, wherein only a limited quantity of the content could be viewed at a time.  The ‘region magnification’ feature that is meant for devices without a touchscreen zooming option, enables the readers to enlarge a particular region of the content by double-tapping on the screen – in the specific areas.  However, this feature does not suit all other content layouts.

How is fixed layout formatting different from reflowable/standard formatting?

So, is fixed layout formatting better than reflowable/standard formatting? That really depends on your needs and desires as an author. At EbookEnhancers, we produce compelling and accurate content via both methods, so it comes down to your personal preference. That being said, fixed-layout formatting is notably different from standard formatting.

With reflowable/standard formatting, your eBook will be produced on a simple, one-column page that is ideal for text-heavy content. Your readers are also in control of the text, meaning they can easily change the font and size, depending on their preferences.

When deciding on your preferred formatting style, note that not every device/platform supports fixed-layout formatting, whereas standard formatting is supported much more widely. Apple’s iBookstore is the main outlet that supports the independent publication of fixed-layout formatted books.

If you decide to publish via fixed-layout formatting, you will need to check with your desired platform in advance to ensure your eBook can be published on their devices. Suppose your goal is to have your eBook widely distributed. In that case, it’s probably best to opt for standard formatting instead of a fixed layout, as this will help you reach as many people as possible on various platforms and devices.

See Also – Fixed layout vs Reflowable ebook format

Samples of our fixed-layout formatting.

At EbookEnhancers, we’ve worked with many authors in the past and brought their manuscripts to life in a fixed-layout format. As you can see from the samples below, we take great pride in our work and produce work that is of exceptional quality.

Why wait? Order our fixed-layout formatting services now!

Formatting your eBook is one of the most important steps you must take before publishing. If your eBook is poorly formatted, you will struggle to attract readers, and your reviews will suffer as a result. Authors who opt for fixed layout formatting benefit from total control over the way their text looks, and their final eBook is exactly how they hoped it would be.

However, because fixed-layout formatting is not compatible on all devices and platforms, be sure to check that it’s the right option for you. At EbookEnhancers, we specialize in fixed layout formatting and can turn your graphics-rich manuscript into a beautifully converted eBook file. Providing you’re confident that fixed-layout formatting is right for you, get in touch with us now and submit your manuscript. We’d love to help you produce your dream eBook publication.